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1 online resource (xvi, 366 pages) |
| Contents |
Constitutional Law For Dummies; About the Authors; Dedication; Authors' Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Studying Constitutional Law: The Foundations; Chapter 1: Understanding the Constitution; Looking at the Constitution's Creation; Understanding the Constitution's Key Features; Appreciating the Five Main Topics Addressed by the Constitution; Chapter 2: Constitutional Law: A View from 30,000 Feet |
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Getting to Know the "Law" Part of Constitutional LawGrasping the "Non-Law" Part of Constitutional Law; Defining (Federal) Court Primacy in Constitutional Law; Realizing How Everyone Practices Constitutional Law; Identifying Constitutional Interpretive Theories; Chapter 3: Mapping Out Key Concepts and Distinctions in Constitutional Law; Sorting Out Constitutional and Nonconstitutional Law; Understanding How the 50 State Constitutions Fit In; Seeing That "Constitutional" Isn't the Same as "Right" or "Logical"; Part II: Allocating Governmental Roles |
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Chapter 4: "Constituting" a New Federal GovernmentGrasping the Constitution's Main National Governmental Innovations; Article I: Creating, Empowering, and Limiting a Two-Branch Congress; Article II: Creating, Empowering, and Limiting the Executive Branch; Article III: Creating, Empowering, and Limiting a Life-Tenured Judiciary; Chapter 5: Charting the Reach of National Government Powers; Seeing the Big Picture: Congress's Express and Implied Powers; Observing Express and Implied Powers in Action: The Commerce Power; Understanding Rules of Engagement for Other Federal Government Powers |
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Getting the Executive Branch in the Act of LawmakingChapter 6: Sorting Out National Powers: Inter-Branch Conflict and Cooperation; Establishing Judicial Review: The Power to Declare Official Acts Unconstitutional; Clarifying the Role of Elected Officials in Interpreting the Constitution; Limiting Judicial Power through Doctrines of Self-Restraint; Sorting Out Other Separation-of-Powers Disputes; Identifying Areas of Unresolved Conflict; Chapter 7: The Constitution and Federalism; Understanding the Constitution's Basic View of the States' Role |
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Establishing National Supremacy by Preempting Contrary State AuthorityLimiting States' Self-Favoritism: The Dormant Commerce Clause; Protecting State Sovereignty When Congress Regulates State Governments; Part III: Protecting Property Rights and Avoiding Arbitrary Action; Chapter 8: Avoiding Arbitrary Government Action: Due Process of Law; Distinguishing Procedural from Substantive Due Process; Identifying the Different Contexts in Which Due-Process Challenges Arise; Determining Whether Process Is Due; Deciding How Much Process Is Due -- and When |
| Summary |
Discover the ins and outs of Constitutional lawAre you a student looking for trusted, plain-English guidance on the ins and outs of Constitutional law? Look no further!Constitutional Law For Dummies provides a detailed study guide tracking to this commonly required law course. It breaks down complicated material and gives you a through outline of the parameters and applications of the U.S. Constitution in modern, easy-to-understand language. Critical information on the Constitution's foundations, powers, and limitationsA modern analysis of the Constitution's amendmentsDetailed information on t |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Constitutional law.
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Public law.
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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Constitutional law
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Public law
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fusco, Patricia, author
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| ISBN |
9781118213674 |
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111821367X |
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9781118213766 |
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1118213769 |
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